Word: inch
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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...Soviet invasion of Konigsburg, Russian officials charged that Bonn had hidden the treasure. While the fate of the rest of the room remains unknown, this small portion apparently was stolen by a German truck driver in the convoy transporting pieces of the room to Konigsburg. The 22-by-28 inch gold-framed amber mosaic depicting two couples in a lush garden hung for years in his Potsdam apartment until his son, who disliked it, stored the art in the basement. Once the son realized he might have a piece of the Amber Room, he decided to sell it, unfortunately...
...Talk about RUNNING nowhere fast. Men who consistently jog 40 miles or more a week still put on pounds as they age--about 3.3 lbs. per decade, plus about 3/4 of an inch on their waistlines. How to avert the girth? Tack on more and more miles each year...
Backs coach Mary Dixey ignited this confidence last Wednesday, the day before Radcliffe left for Nationals. Dixey brought 33 wooden boards, all an inch thick, to practice, and every team member broke through...
Then, with only 500 meters left, the Quakers made their move and began to inch back on the Crimson. But as the three boats sprinted to the finish, Harvard was able to hold off the charging Penn eight by a half-length at the line...
...dispel speculation. She told the New York Times that she ended the 15-year marriage in large part because she had grown weary of supporting Dorris through his chronic depression. She had lived with his talk of suicide "from the second year of our marriage," she said. "He descended inch by inch, fighting...